Hi have just been given some rather shocking information, I hope some of you dog lovers can confirm or deny the truth.??

It is not a legal requirement that a dog that has been found has to be scanned. If this is so why do we bother with microchips and tattoos???. I know there is a microchip & tattoo register but what is the point if it is not used. I know my son in laws little daxy escaped and was handed into the local police, they asked the local vet to scan him( they refused ) son in law went balistic he escaped by accident and it was his own vet that refused to scan.

Question. Does anyone know is there a legal requiremnt to scan found dogs.

Look forward to your comments.
Best wishes
Vikkie & shadow

There is no legal requirement to scan found property(which a dog is in law BTW)however if the property is permanently marked(as in a post code stamped on a bike, "magic water" marked or tattooed as in a dog or cat) then it has to be returned to the person to whom the mark is registered. Not to do so is the criminal act of"theft by finding"which has a fine & prison sentence attached to it. For any police property office not to check for a permanent mark(including the magic water mark BTW the hardware for checking for this is supplied free of charge by the company that produces the water)is also breaking the law

The microchip is not a permanent mark & therefore not covered by property law. All having a chip in your dog legally proves is that you own the chip but it doesn't prove you own the dog

Thanks for the quick response, It makes me wonder why all the hype about having animals microchiped??? I think i better start looking for a dog tattooist if thats what they call them??. Iv'e got a tattoo myself and it was'nt to painfull but the thought of see mt dog suffer makes me cringe, but rather that than ever loosing her.
Once again many thanks for the info.

Best wishes
Vikkie & shadow

I looked into getting a tattoo done on my 9 month old shepherd, but the lady was very reluctant to tattoo her at that age, saying it is preferred to do younger pups, so she suggested I didn't get her tattooed.

I got mine done at 10 months and 18 months, the 10 month old screamed his head off but that was just him being a wuss, there was no problems.

A tattooist said it is preferred to do younger pups, so she suggested I didn't get her tattooed. re tattooing an older dog ? Please contact Gill Christian the registrar & tell her about this tattooist. I had my eleven year old Mongrel tattooed & she was terrified of people & yet was fine being tattooed & it was never suggested that she was not done & no tattooist should be saying this. If she doesn't wish to tattoo adults she should have told Gill before becoming a tattooist. It is part of the agreement to tattoo all dogs whose owner requests it

I told her the age of my dog, the size of her and weight, and pretty much she didn't want to handle her.

Please tell Gill It doesn't matter whether the dog is a Great Dane or a Yorkshire Terrier tattooists agree to tattoo any dog(as long as it isn't likely to savage everyone in sight)They cannot just pick & choose to tattoo puppies(some in fact only tattoo adults not many though)

Lots of adult GSDs are tattooed as adults

Choose another tattooist or if you ring Gill & discuss the matter I'm sure she will sort a tattooist out for you

makes me wonder why all the hype about having animals microchiped???

Well it is advertised as a money maker for starters & as the chips cost pence for the companies to buy it makes them loads of money too.

Glad you cleared that up MM, thanks.
Ive been considering tattooing, can you tell me MM (sorry..font of all knowledge!! :P) My Husky has verrrrrrrry furry ears (that close!) will shaving affect the fur?? not too much of a problem as I dont anticipate us battleing Icy blizzards here in the south east of england, and he wont be going in the ring either....but just something I've been wondering???
Thanks sorry to Hyjack you!

http://www.doglost.co.uk/News-article.asp?ID=102 
have a look here

Shaving the fur in the ears doen't seem to affect regrowth & as long as part of the tattoo is visible(the tattoo should be as low down as possible in the ear)not all the ear has to be kept clipped even in the hairiest of ears only enough to show their is a tattoo there(LOL makes you keep the ear well cleaned too ;) )

Great! thanks for that MM :D

There's not even a legal requirement for vets or rescue centres to even possess scanners, let alone to use them.

It seems very hit and miss but if your dog is missing, found and scanned it would make the chip worthwhile.

My neighbour came to me a few months ago with a small cat that was obviously starving but even worse it had a collar that it had somehow got one front leg through making it limp very badly.  I cut the collar but it didn't drop off because it had become embedded in the cat's flesh.  Very sorry sight.  I honestly thought the cat must have been abandoned but whoever my neighbour contacted scanned the cat and the owners were absolutely thrilled to get her back.  Had the cat not been chipped who knows whether she would have been reunited with her grateful owners.

Duplicate Post :-)

A couple of friends of mine recently had a GSD turn up at their rescue, when they scanned him they realised he was bred by some friends of theirs (they have all puppies chipped before leaving) up North who then went to collect the dog.  When they filled in the microchip form they had each puppies full KC name wrote down instead of a pet name so that the dogs can be identified as being bred by them :-D  This is what I would hope for in the event of my puppy purchasers dumping their dogs (obviously highly unlikely touch wood, through very careful vetting) I also crossed through 'veterinary information' and wrote in special instruction- if lost etc contact breeder {my details}.  I know this information can be changed but it makes me feel a little better that I have done my best to make them identifiable as being bred by myself :-)

Stacey x

Hi,

I've been considering getting a tatoo done on my girl - can any one tell me do they sedate them or anything?  Having had 2 done myself while I wouldn't say they were painful they certainly aren't comfortable and I would have thought the inside of a dogs ear would be a very sensitive area.  She's not overly keen on being prodded and poked any way and I just worry that it might give her issues about having her ears touched.

Thanks,

Karen

The way dogs are tattooed is completely different to the way humans are. :) In ears the whole tattoo is done at once with calipers, not each drawn individually (that method is used if the tattoo's done on the inner thigh when yes, the dog would be anaesthetised). It takes 10 seconds in total, and my (adult) bitch sat and wagged her tail while it was done. :)

Doh! Feel a bit silly now, Thank you :-)

I will let you know on this one as my friend has just signed to do the tattooist course and to pass needed some doggies to tattoo, so blade is getting done in a couple of weeks. Not sure about sedation, I think it is over and done with very quickly, not like us getting a tattoo and them spending hours on it there will be someone there to hold him, (hope they are strong lol he is a right fidget :-D )
Emma

Thanks JG don't need to prep Blade too much then *thought I was going to have to explain that I do love him very much but it is for his own good :-D *

Earl had his tattoo done a couple of weeks ago (aged 8.5 weeks). 

He screamed like a baby for all of 10 seconds, whilst the calipers were applied, and trhen sulked whilst the ink was rubbed in.  But he soon cheared up and was wagging his tail when the tattooist gave him a piece of chicken :-)  I wouldn't hesitate to recommend tattooing (I do have Earl chipped as well) it's a quick, easy procedure which the dog very quickly forgets and I've got great piece of mind knowing he can be traced back to me easily.